Victor Wembanyama, the guy with the nickname “Monster”, is making waves not only on media platforms for basketball lovers but also receiving attention from top NBA stars. So who exactly is Victor Wembanyama to create such a huge earthquake?

Not only is he an individual who stands out among hundreds of players in the G-League, it can be said that Victor Wembanyama is also the most promising young name since LeBron James joined the tournament nearly two decades ago. last century. The 19-year-old French athlete with a height of 2m24 is currently playing for Metropolitans 92 in G League 2022.

After only his first two matches, Victor scored 37 and 36 points respectively along with unbelievable stats for a young man playing for the first time in America. Victor has an average of 11/20 shots, 7/11 three-pointers, 5 blocks and 4 rebounds, unbelievable stats for a player just entering the G-League.

Many people believe that this performance was so outstanding and perfect that many teams in the NBA contacted Victor to take him as Pick 1 for next year’s NBA Draft. Experts even believe that there are teams actively planning to “tank” this season, in order to get the position to pick Victor Wembanyama in the next Draft.

Who is Victor Wembanyama?

This is not the first time the name Victor Wembanyama has been mentioned in the community of orange football enthusiasts. He was first noticed after a video of a basketball competition in France in 2020, in a match between him and Rudy Gobert, a player who three times won the title of best defensive player in the NBA.

Possessing a height of 2m19 since he was 16 years old, Victor’s image will certainly leave an impression on many audiences. However, not letting the first impression stop at just the word height, Victor left in the viewer’s memory the image of an athlete with a young face but unlimited skills.

Victor can perform all tasks on the field, from rebounding, stealing the ball like a true striker to even performing smooth high jump shots, all encapsulated in an individual named Victor Wembanyama. Up to this point, the video has reached nearly 7 million views on Youtube.

After the time when he first became known to everyone, Victor continued to pursue the orange ball and compete in tournaments for U19. The name Wembanyama left more and more impressions in the international arena when he and France U19 won 7-0 against the US team with Chet Holmgren – a young NBA star who was still compared to Victor at that time. The young Frenchman then continued to play for the national youth team but suffered an injury and had to miss the entire 2021 season.

What do NBA stars say about Victor Wembanyama?

Returning to tournaments in 2022 and coming to the G League NBA, Wenbanyama received many “winged” compliments across the media after his performance. Fans think that, perhaps from now on, they will no longer have to “dream” about impossible plays because Victor is here to make those crazy ideas come true.

Or the exclamations about the young man’s ability: “A person with a height of 2m24 and an arm span of 2m44 can move so gracefully on the field like that? It’s crazy.” Not only receiving enthusiastic support from the audience, Victor Wembanyama’s talent also received endorsement from a series of NBA superstars.

Specifically, when asked about the emerging phenomenon named Wembanyama – LeBron James said: “My thoughts are definitely the same as everyone else’s. Everyone often knows about magical unicorns, but to me, he (Victor) is more like an alien.” In response to praise from King James, Victor Wembanyama humbly shared in interviews: “LeBron has exaggerated. Anyway, this is really an honor for me to be able to receive compliments from the Lakers star.”

Not only did he impress LeBron, Victor also left an impression on a series of NBA superstars such as Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry… Kevin Durant constantly exclaimed when talking about the young star Victor: “Basketball has really evolved.” has progressed to this point. A 2m24 tall guy can do everything on the field, what could be better?” Or “Chef” Curry also compared Victor to a virtual character created by 2KNBA, as perfect as if created by a machine and no longer human.

And it is true that the image of a virtual character seems to be a very suitable analogy for Wembanyama when not only does he have a set of skills that are hard to find “bugs”, this guy also has an “unimaginable” body. ”. In addition to being 50cm taller than the average male in the world and with an arm span of up to 2m44, this guy born in 2004 is currently wearing shoe size 20.5US, which is equivalent to about size 55.

People with “oversized” shoe sizes in the world are not rare, but in NBA history, only Shaquille O’Neal, Bob Lanier and Tacko Fall are the only three names with “larger” shoe sizes than Victor. If Tacko is still a promising new factor like Wembanyama, then both Shaq and Bob Lanier are “old” talents with many achievements in the NBA. Does this also make us look forward to Victor in such a position, writing a new page of history in the professional basketball tournament?

Indeed, it is not surprising that a player with a height of up to 2m24 at the age of 19 with skills like a center forward and accurate finishing shots receives a lot of attention, but Wenbanyama will continue to improve. further away from the “winged” compliments at the present time. Victor Wenbanyama will definitely be a promising name in the future.